Systems and methods for modification of service status of geographical delivery areas for common carriers

US8027932B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC. · US

Inventors

• Jerry Johnson · Platte City, US
• Lynn Shaindell Goldhaber · Renton, US
• John McNiel Dietz · Newcastle, US
• William W. Smith, III · Bellevue, US
• Jinyue Liu · Sammamish, US
• Hsiangwen S. Hu · Redmond, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 12, 2008
• Grant date: Sep 27, 2011
• Expiry date: Jun 2, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/0834
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for modifying the status for one or more carrier services based on one or more geographical delivery areas. Such embodiments provide an interface module executed by a processor to modify data indicating the status for the one or more carrier services in response to obtaining data indicating the one or more carrier services to be modified, a beginning date for which the status of the one or more carrier services is to be modified, an ending date for which the status will return to its pre-existing state prior to being modified, one or more geographical delivery areas in which the status is to be modified, and a modification for the one or more carrier services.